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                    "description": "pālus | pālum, i (noun M) : (\n* Neutr. collat. form , , Varr. ap. Non. 219, 18) [for paglus (cf. dim. paxillus); root pag-; Sanscr. pācas, snare; Gr. πήγνυμι, fasten; Lat. pango; cf.: pignus, pax], a stake, prop, stay, pale.\n* Lit. (very freq. and class.; syn.: sudes, stipes): ut figam palum in parietem,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; id. Men. 2, 3, 53: damnati ad supplicium traditi, ad palum alligati,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11: palis adjungere vitem,Tib. 1, 8 (7), 33; Ov. F. 1, 665: palos et ridicas dolare,Col. 11, 2, 11; Varr. 1. 1.—The Roman soldiers learned to fight by attacking a stake set in the ground, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23; hence, aut quis non vidit vulnera pali?Juv. 6, 246.—And, transf.: exerceamur ad palum: et, ne  imparatos fortuna deprehendat, fiat nobis paupertas familiaris, Sen. Ep. 18, 6.—In the lang. of gladiators, palus primus or palusprimus (called also machaera Herculeana, Capitol. Pert. 8), a gladiator's sword of wood, borne by the secutores, whence their leader was also called primus palus, Lampr. Commod. 15; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 694.—Prov.: quasi palo pectus tundor, of one astonished, stunned,Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 2.\n* Transf., = membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 8, 5."
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                    "description": "pălus (noun F) : (\n* Nom. sing. pălŭs, Hor. A. P. 65; but usually pălūs,Verg. A. 6, 107; v.infra; gen. plur. paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2 Oud.; rarely paludium,Liv. 21, 54, 7 Drak.; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 174; Just. 44, 1, 10; Eum. Pan. Const. Aug. 12, 2), f. = Gr. πηλός, mud; cf. Sanscr. palvala, pool; perh. -ud of the stem = ὕδωρ, water, a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool (cf.: stagnum, lacus).\n* Lit.: ille paludes siccare voluit,Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7: paludes emere,id. Agr. 2, 27, 71: palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum,Caes. B. G. 2, 9: propter paludes exercitui aditus non est,id. ib. 2, 16: Cocyti tardāque palus inamabilis undā,Verg. G. 4, 479: sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis,Hor. A. P. 65: udae paludes intumuere aestu,Ov. M. 1, 737: stagnata paludibus ument,id. ib. 15, 269: nigra,Tib. 3, 3, 37: exusta,Verg. G. 3, 432: alta,id. ib. 4, 48: putida,Cat. 17, 10: nebulosa,Sil. 8, 382: sordida,Stat. S. 4, 3, 8.—Hence, Palus Maeotis, = Lacus Maeotis, now the Sea of Azof, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 1, 19.\n* Transf.\n* A reed that grows in marshes: tomentum concisa palus Circense vocatur,Mart. 14, 160, 1; 11, 32, 2.\n* Water: (cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem,Verg. A. 6, 414."
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